Why the study?
Do specific symptom clusters predict cardiac event-free survival in men and women with heart failure?
Population
331 patients with heart failure recruited from HF clinics, 35% female, 62% NYHA class III/IV.
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May aid HF risk stratification; hypothesis-generating for emotional symptom interventions.
Do specific symptom clusters predict cardiac event-free survival in men and women with heart failure?
In patients with heart failure, distress from emotional and cognitive symptoms, but not physical symptoms, independently predicts a higher risk for subsequent cardiac events.
Lee et al. (2010) studied this question.
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